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Linkkit Zapier integrationAutomate Linkkit with Zapier.

The Linkkit Zapier integration gives you 4 triggers, 4 actions and 1 search. Every trigger is instant, from a click to a deleted link, and the actions create, update, upsert or delete short links for you from any other app you use.

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Overview

What the Linkkit Zapier integration does for your links

Linkkit builds trackable short links and measures who clicks them. Plugged into Zapier, it can start a Zap (the automation you build on Zapier: one trigger, then one or more actions) when a link is created, clicked, changed or deleted, and it can also receive orders to manage links from your other tools.

Three outcomes come up most. A full inventory of your links: New Link Created adds a row to a spreadsheet each time someone on the team makes one, so nobody hunts for a code later. Click data where you work: Link Clicked carries the country, device, browser, OS and referrer of each click to the tool that needs it. Links kept in sync with a source list: Upsert Link creates the link when its short code is new and updates it when it already exists, so one Zap handles both cases, with no duplicates to clean up.

Now the limits. Linkkit has one search, Find Link, and it only works from a short code you already have. There is no way to list all links, pull a click report for a period, or search by destination. Each click also starts its own Zap run, so a busy link means a lot of runs, and each run with an action spends a task.

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Vocabulary

Zapier words in one minute

Seven terms come back on this page. Here they are once, in plain English.

Zap: Your automation on Zapier: one trigger first, then one or more actions that run each time that trigger event happens.
Trigger: The event in an app that starts the Zap. Once the Zap is switched on, Zapier waits for it and reacts each time.
Action: What the Zap does after it starts: the step that writes, sends or moves something for you in an app.
Task: The unit Zapier bills: one action your Zap completes successfully. Your plan counts these and nothing else.
Polling vs instant: A polling trigger is checked on a timer. An instant trigger is reported by the app itself, the moment the event happens.
Filter: A step that lets the Zap continue only when what arrived meets your condition, and quietly stops it otherwise.
Search step: A step that looks up something already stored in an app, so the steps after it can reuse what it found.

Cost

What a Linkkit Zap really costs

Linkkit is not a premium app, so it works from the free plan. The cost depends on how many actions run, not on how many triggers fire.

Free plan100 tasks a month, unlimited Zaps
Premium appNo, Linkkit works on the free plan
Free plan Zap size2 steps: one trigger, one action
Linkkit triggers4 instant, 0 polling

The trigger never costs a task, and neither does waiting for a click. Each action that succeeds counts once, so a three-action Zap uses three times more than a one-action Zap; a failed action is not counted. The free plan stops at two steps, one trigger and one action. A filter, a search like Find Link, or a second action makes it a multi-step Zap, which needs a paid plan. The polling grid below does not apply here: all four Linkkit triggers are instant.

Connect

Connect Linkkit to Zapier in 3 steps

01
Open your connections
Go to the Apps page of your Zapier account and click + Add connection. A connection is your Linkkit account linked once, then reused by every Zap step that needs it.
02
Pick Linkkit
Type Linkkit in the search box of the dialog, select it, then click Add connection. The Linkkit account has to exist before this step, with the links you plan to automate.
03
Sign in and allow access
A tab opens on Linkkit. Sign in and grant Zapier access to the account. If the links you want to change belong to a teammate, your login needs write access to them.

First Zap

Your first Zap: log every new link in a spreadsheet

GoalEach time someone creates a short link in Linkkit, add a row to a shared spreadsheet with its code and destination.

01
Create the Zap and set the trigger
Start a new Zap, choose Linkkit as the app and New Link Created as the event, then pick the connection you added earlier.
02
Test the trigger
Run the test. Zapier brings back the three most recent links of your account, so you map fields from a real one rather than from blanks.
03
Add the spreadsheet action
Pick your spreadsheet app and its new-row action, then map the short code and the destination URL into the right columns.
04
Test the action
Run the step once and open the sheet to check the new row. If a column comes out empty, fix the mapping now rather than after publishing.
05
Publish
Click Publish. Two steps in total, so the free plan is enough, and the lightning bolt in the editor confirms the trigger is instant.

Triggers

Linkkit triggers on Zapier

4 events start a Zap when something happens in Linkkit, and 4 of them are instant: the app calls Zapier straight away, whatever your plan.

Link Clicked

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a short link is clicked. Includes country, device, browser, OS, and referrer data.”

Every time someone clicks one of your short links, this starts a Zap with details about that visit: country, device, browser, OS and referrer. You get the raw click, one run per visit, to send wherever it helps.

How it fires

the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan

When to use it

you want each click on a campaign link recorded in a sheet, with its referrer, to see which channel actually sends people.

Watch out

one click means one run, so a popular link with an action behind it spends a task per visit.

Link Deleted

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a short link is deleted.”

When a short link disappears from Linkkit, this trigger hands you the event so the rest of your setup can catch up. It is the safety net for tools that still point to a code that no longer exists.

How it fires

the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan

When to use it

you keep a link inventory in a spreadsheet and want the matching row flagged as removed instead of left behind.

Watch out

it fires on deletions made by a Zap too, including one running Delete Link.

Link Updated

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a short link is updated.”

This one reacts to any change on an existing short link, such as a new destination or a pause. Your other tools learn about the edit without anyone having to announce it.

How it fires

the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan

When to use it

a teammate changes the destination of a campaign link already shared and you want the team chat told about it.

Watch out

a Zap running Update Link or Upsert Link also sets it off, so never pair them in one Zap without a filter.

New Link Created

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a new short link is created.”

Each brand-new short link starts a Zap, whoever created it and however. It is the cleanest way to keep a record of what exists, outside Linkkit, as it grows.

How it fires

the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan

When to use it

several people create links and you want one shared list with every code and destination.

Watch out

links created by Create Link or Upsert Link count too, which matters if the same Zap creates them.

Actions

Linkkit actions on Zapier

Linkkit gives you 4 actions. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

Create Link

Action

In Zapier“Creates a new short link.”

Makes a fresh short link from a long address you hand it. Linkkit picks the code, you supply the Destination URL, which is the only required field.

When to use it

a new long URL lands in a spreadsheet row and you want a trackable link made for it.

Watch out

it creates a new link every run, even for a destination that already has one.

Delete Link

Action

In Zapier“Permanently deletes a short link.”

Removes a short link for good, using its Short Code, the one required field. After it runs, anyone clicking the old link lands nowhere.

When to use it

a row is marked as retired in your link list and the link itself should go with it.

Watch out

the deletion is permanent; if you might need the link again, pause it with Update Link instead.

Update Link

Action

In Zapier“Updates an existing short link by its short code.”

Changes a link that already exists, found by its Short Code, which is required. The Is Active field lets you pause the link by setting it to false.

When to use it

a campaign ends and you want its short link paused rather than left running.

Watch out

without the right code from an earlier step, there is nothing to update.

Upsert Link

Action

In Zapier“Creates a short link with a specific short code. If a link with that short code already exists, it will be updated instead. Useful for idempotent sync workflows.”

You choose the exact short code and the destination: if the code is new, Linkkit creates the link; if it exists, Linkkit updates it instead. Both Short Code and Destination URL are required, and the code must be URL-safe.

When to use it

a spreadsheet holds your campaign codes and you want Linkkit to mirror it without duplicates.

Watch out

Is Active defaults to true when left empty, so a paused link comes back on.

Searches

The Linkkit search on Zapier

1 search step looks for data that already exists in Linkkit, so a later step can use it.

A search step fetches an existing link so later steps can use its details. In the editor, searches sit at the bottom of the Action event list, under SEARCH. Three settings decide what happens when the result is not a single clean match.

Find Link

In Zapier“Looks up a short link by its short code.”

Looks up one short link from its Short Code, the required field, and hands its details to the next steps. It does not search by destination or by name.

When to use it

a spreadsheet row holds a code and you want the link's destination before posting it to the team.

Watch out

adding it makes the Zap multi-step, so it needs a paid plan.

The three settings every search exposes

Successful if no search results are found?
Left on its default, a search that finds nothing stops the Zap there and skips the steps that depended on it. Switched on, the Zap carries on empty-handed.
Create X if it doesn't exist yet?
Ticking it turns a search into a find-or-create. Linkkit offers no such variant on Find Link, so you will not see this box here.
If multiple search results are found?
Three ways out when several items match: keep the first one, which is the default, stop the Zap, or pass all of them on.

When it breaks

When a Linkkit Zap breaks

Zapier links no help article to Linkkit and documents no limit specific to the app. What breaks is general Zapier behaviour, plus the loops that link triggers make easy.

These four cases cover most failures. If a Zap still refuses to run, the Zapier troubleshooting page is the next stop.

A Zap that keeps setting itself off
A Zap that writes where its own trigger watches restarts again and again. New Link Created plus Create Link, or Link Updated plus Update Link, is exactly that loop, and tasks drain fast.
Old links are not picked up
A Zap only reacts to what happens after it is switched on. Links and clicks from before stay out of reach; moving that backlog is a separate job.
A bulk import gets held back
When a trigger suddenly returns a huge batch, after a bulk import or a migration for instance, Zapier's flood protection can hold the Zap back.
The action has no code to work on
Update Link, Delete Link and Find Link need a Short Code. If the earlier step passes an empty value, the step fails and nothing changes in Linkkit.

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FAQ

Linkkit Zapier integration: common questions

01Is the Linkkit Zapier integration free?

Yes. Linkkit is not a premium app, so it runs on the free Zapier plan, which gives you 100 tasks a month and unlimited Zaps. The catch is size: a free Zap has two steps, one trigger and one action. As soon as you add a filter, the Find Link search or a second action, the Zap becomes multi-step and needs a paid plan. Simple pairs, like a new link logged in a sheet, stay free.

02How many tasks does a Linkkit Zap use?

The trigger itself uses none. Zapier bills one task for each action that completes successfully, so a Zap with one action uses one task per run, and a Zap with three actions uses three. Failed actions are not counted. With Link Clicked, every click is a run, so a link that gets heavy traffic multiplies the count fast. A filter placed early can keep the runs that matter, but it also makes the Zap multi-step.

03Do Linkkit triggers run in real time?

Yes. All four Linkkit triggers are instant: Linkkit reports the event to Zapier itself, as soon as a link is created, updated, deleted or clicked. The polling interval of a plan, which is 15 minutes on the free plan, does not apply, and a paid plan will not make them faster. The type comes from the app and cannot be changed in the editor. A Zap built on one shows a lightning bolt.

04What does it take to connect Linkkit to Zapier?

A Linkkit account and a Zapier account. From the Apps page in Zapier you click + Add connection, search for Linkkit, click Add connection, sign in on the tab that opens and grant access. If the links you plan to change belong to someone else in Linkkit, your login needs write access to them. The connection is made once, and every Linkkit step in any Zap then picks it from a list.

05Why does a Linkkit Zap keep running on its own?

Most likely it writes where its own trigger watches. A Zap that starts on New Link Created and runs Create Link, or starts on Link Updated and runs Update Link or Upsert Link, sets itself off again with each run. Each loop spends tasks until the plan runs dry. Break it with a filter that only lets through what came from outside, or move the action to a different trigger.

06What if the Linkkit action that's needed isn't there?

Then Zapier cannot do it with Linkkit today. The integration offers Create Link, Update Link, Upsert Link and Delete Link, plus the Find Link search by short code, and Linkkit decides that list, not Zapier. There is no action to list every link, pull a click report or search by destination. A workaround is to keep your own log, fed by the triggers, in a spreadsheet you can query later.

07Zapier, Make or n8n for Linkkit?

It comes down to criteria, not a winner. On Zapier, Linkkit already has four instant triggers, four actions and a search, and two-step Zaps run on the free plan. If you expect a large number of clicks, compare how each platform counts runs, since Link Clicked starts one per visit. Also weigh how much setup you want to own, and check before you decide whether the other platform lists Linkkit at all.

Plan	Checks for new data every
Free	15 min
Professional	2 min
Team	1 min
Enterprise	1 min

Open your connections

Pick Linkkit

Sign in and allow access

Create the Zap and set the trigger

Test the trigger

Add the spreadsheet action

Test the action

Publish

The three settings every search exposes

A Zap that keeps setting itself off

Old links are not picked up

A bulk import gets held back

The action has no code to work on

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